State of Alabama v. Estate of Frances Ann Yarbrough

Summary

The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s denial of the State’s motion to intervene as a matter of right and vacated the circuit court’s order directing the State to appropriate escheated estate funds to specific school boards, holding that such appropriation violates the state constitution’s separation‑of‑powers doctrine. The Court also affirmed the earlier order that the estate’s assets escheated to the State.